==The element I am doing research on is called lithium.It was discovered in 1887. Its symbol is Li. Lithium is a solid and is only as halve as dense as water and the least dense as a metal. A fresh bit of lithium is silver but ater a minute or two in the air it turns into a grey colour. lithium is in a group called Alkali metal and it is the first element in the second period[1]
===Lithiums melting point is 180.5C and its boiling point is at 1342C. Lithium is obtained by passing elsctric charges through melted lithium chloride and spodumene [LiAI(Si206)] .It is also found in batteries, some types of glass and some ceramics.The price of lithium is about $702.51 for 1000 g. [2]
===Lithium has two icotopes.One is Lithium 6 and the other is lithium 7 which forms 92.5% of the mix. When it is bombarded with neutrons, Lithium 6 reacts and produces helium and Hydrogen-3 isotope called tritium.Lithium 7 is used as a coolent in nuclear reacters. Both isotopes have short lives called 'Halve lives'. The halve life or lithium 8 and 9 is about 0.855 seconds and 0.17 seconds respectively.[3]
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==The element I am doing research on is called lithium.It was discovered in 1887. Its symbol is Li. Lithium is a solid and is only as halve as dense as water and the least dense as a metal. A fresh bit of lithium is silver but ater a minute or two in the air it turns into a grey colour. lithium is in a group called Alkali metal and it is the first element in the second period[1]
===Lithiums melting point is 180.5C and its boiling point is at 1342C. Lithium is obtained by passing elsctric charges through melted lithium chloride and spodumene [LiAI(Si206)] .It is also found in batteries, some types of glass and some ceramics.The price of lithium is about $702.51 for 1000 g. [2]
===Lithium has two icotopes.One is Lithium 6 and the other is lithium 7 which forms 92.5% of the mix. When it is bombarded with neutrons, Lithium 6 reacts and produces helium and Hydrogen-3 isotope called tritium.Lithium 7 is used as a coolent in nuclear reacters. Both isotopes have short lives called 'Halve lives'. The halve life or lithium 8 and 9 is about 0.855 seconds and 0.17 seconds respectively.[3]==
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